Certainly the best Japanese-made Godzilla film since the original. I found it emotionally stirring--at times heart-wrenching, with a literate script touching on themes of war, loss, reconciliation, resilience, compassion, collective and individual responsibility--not what most expect from a kaiju film. Bravo to writer/director Takashi Yamazaki for this elegant, beautiful monster movie. I hope Toho gives him a much bigger budget and allows him the same artistic freedom to make a sequel.